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Polemon (son Of Andromenes)
Polemon ( grc, Πολέμων; lived 4th century BC), son of Andromenes (Macedonian), Andromenes the Stymphaean, was a Macedonian officer in the service of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC). The great intimacy between him and Philotas caused him to be suspected in 330 BC, together with his brothers Amyntas of Macedonia, Amyntas, Attalus (son of Andromenes), Attalus, and Simmias of Macedon, Simmias, of participating in the treasonable designs imputed to Philotas: a charge to which Polemon had the imprudence to give countenance by taking to flight immediately on learning the arrest of Philotas. Amyntas, however, who remained, having successfully defended himself before the assembly of the army, also obtained the pardon or acquittal of Polemon. In the disputes that followed the death of Alexander the Great, Alexander (323 BC), Polemon, like his brother Attalus, distinguished himself as a warm partisan of Perdiccas. To conciliate the favour of the regent, he ineffectually tried to p ...
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Andromenes (Macedonian)
Andromenes ( grc, Ἀνδρομένης, link=no) may refer to: *Andromenes (Macedonian), a Macedonian nobleman and father of four sons: Amyntas (son of Andromenes), Amyntas, Attalus (son of Andromenes), Attalus, Polemon (son of Andromenes), Polemon and Simmias of Macedon, Simmias *Andromenes of Corinth, List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race, Olympic stadion winner in 304 and 308 {{disambiguation ...
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